spulga

See also: spulgā

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the adjective spulgs (“bright”), made into a fourth-declension feminine noun (ending -a).^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

spulga f (4th declension)

1. shine, brightness (the quality of that which is bright)

   zvaigžņu spulga ― star shine

   cilvēki iet, saulrieta spulga tos apņem ― people go, (and) the sunset brightness surrounds them

Declension

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	spulga	spulgas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	spulgas	spulgu
dative (datīvs)	spulgai	spulgām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	spulgu	spulgas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	spulgu	spulgām
locative (lokatīvs)	spulgā	spulgās
vocative (vokatīvs)	spulga	spulgas

Declension of spulga (4th declension)

Synonyms

• spulgojums

Adjective

spulga

1. inflection of spulgs:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spulgs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN